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spartan

Description

Wonderful dark purplish-red fruit which are firm, crisp and juicy. The flavour is quite sweet and very refreshing, with a lovely aroma. Bred by Mr. R. C. Palmer in British Columbia in 1926, this is a good pollinator of other varieties and is very disease resistant. Fruit can be on the small side, so give a high potash feed and thin the crop in late June.
Latin name: Malus domestica 'Spartan'
Type: 
dessert
Uses: 
eat fresh, juice
Flavour: good, sweeter
Pollination group:
Flowering time: 7 May (start) 12 May (full) 18 May (over)
Picking time: 
September
Eating/storing time:
1 week
Size: 
large 
Rootstock:   
Year planted:

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